The one thing you cannot replicate is that they stripped everything nonessential out of that f15 to accomplish this. The radar, counter measures, the jfs, etc. In essence, the Streak Eagle was gas, engines, and wings.
The idea of the zoom climb has fascinated me since I was a kid. Thank you for the video, it was very entertaining! I definitely want to give this a go when I finally dip my toes into DCS
Weather is probably the single largest factor here. That cold temperature really brings down the density altitude. Sure it does equate to some more drag but the engines perform much better and you get higher indicated airspeeds at higher true altitudes as a result.
I have an IRL manual and it notes that maximum operating temperature is 980°C. Looking at the footage, it seems I was at 970-975°C so I was right on the edge. So really the engine is probably fine. Even if it did overheat, it was for a few seconds. Of course, when operating any aircraft to its extreme performance envelope, I imagine there's probably some inspections that kick in.
The one thing you cannot replicate is that they stripped everything nonessential out of that f15 to accomplish this. The radar, counter measures, the jfs, etc. In essence, the Streak Eagle was gas, engines, and wings.
Not only that but it was an unneeded preproduction model so it wasn't as reinforced as combat aircraft.
The idea of the zoom climb has fascinated me since I was a kid. Thank you for the video, it was very entertaining! I definitely want to give this a go when I finally dip my toes into DCS
Great video as always !
Awesome vid, I've tried to do this a few times in my Eagle but highest I got was 93ish thousand. The viper didn't do too bad either
Weather is probably the single largest factor here. That cold temperature really brings down the density altitude. Sure it does equate to some more drag but the engines perform much better and you get higher indicated airspeeds at higher true altitudes as a result.
Nice tunes in the video
900 degrees Celsius that engine would pulled. Probably a hole in the case. 😮😂
I have an IRL manual and it notes that maximum operating temperature is 980°C. Looking at the footage, it seems I was at 970-975°C so I was right on the edge. So really the engine is probably fine. Even if it did overheat, it was for a few seconds. Of course, when operating any aircraft to its extreme performance envelope, I imagine there's probably some inspections that kick in.
Make a mod out of the file and re-set the max altitude variable to 150,000